Improvement in nozzles for oil-cans



SHARON P. DOANE.

Improvement in Nozzle for Oil Cans.

119,031 I Q Patented Sep' 19,1371.

Vitnes 5 es I nventor UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

IMP ROVEMENT IN NOZZLES FOR OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,081, datedSeptember 19, 1871. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHARRCN P. DOANE, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented an Improved Nozzle forOil-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following description andaccompanying drawing are sufficient to enable any person skilled in theart or I scienceto which it most nearly appertains to make and use mysaid invention or improvements without further invention or experiment.

My improvements in nozzles for oil-cans con- I sists, first, in theemployment of a wiregauze partition, through which the oil must pass before reaching the nozzle, in order to intercept any dirt or otherparticles which would otherwise lodge I in the small end of the spoutand choke up the passage and secondly, in the employment of a slidingpunch, by which the opening at the extremity of the nozzle can becleared if it should,

by accident, become filled with dirt.

Inorder to more fully illustrate and explain my invention, reference ishad to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, inwhich- A represents the nozzle or spout of any oil-can.

At the base of this nozzle, where it screws upon the oil-can, I place agauze cap or partition, 12, through which the oil from the can must passbefore entering the nozzle. This partition strains the oil, and allowsno particles to pass through which would lodge in the passage and chokethe nozzle. At or near the middle of the nozzle I out a 'narrow slot, f,lengthwise with it; I then take a cap, 01, which is made concave to fitthe outside of the tube, and secure to its middle, on

slot will permit the wire to move. This leaves the small end of thenozzle open so that the oil can pass out around the wire; and if thesmall end should, by accident or otherwise, become choked, theobstructing substance can readily be removed by pushing the cap towardthe small end so as to employ the wire 0 as a punch to clear it. Inorder to make the joint between the slot and cap tight the cap should bepushed back as far as possible when using, as, when the cap is pushedforward, it will be loose, owing to the conical shape of the nozzle.Either one or both of these devices may be used on the nozzle, asdesired.

By this means I provide a nozzle that is not liable to become choked;and in case it does the ready means are at hand for clearing it withoutthe necessity of cutting off the end of the nozzle, as is necessary whenno such appliances are at hand. For oil-cans that are used with farmingand other out-door machines this device is especially applicable, owingto the liability of dropping the can in the dirt, or of its becomingchoked while oiling a dirty machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The nozzle or spout A, slotted at f, and provided with the slidingcap. d and punch 6, substantially as and for the purpose abovedescribed.

2. The nozzle A, provided-with the gauze cap or partition b, incombination with the sliding cap cl and punch e, substantially as andfor the purpose above described.

In witness that the abovedescribed invention is claimed by me I havehereunto set my hand and seal.

' S. P. DOAN E. [L. s.]

Witnesses: V

J. O. MAYNARD, GHAs. E. BARRY.

